Vocabulary activity for Chapters 13-14 of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
Then there were the _____ and stalls to clean and all the stock to feed.
mangers
prowls
shears
"Something or somebody's _____ round this house!" Mother breathed.
prowling
idling
boosting
He was washing them when they all heard a _____ sound on the back porch.
stealthy
savage
shear
Then Mother's blood ran cold; she heard a low, _____ growl.
prowl
stern
savage
Father said, "I made _____, and he was at the hotel in Malone last night."
idle
savage
inquiry
It was time to _____ sheep.
manger
prowl
shear
As soon as a sheep was clean, the men made it swim to the end of the dividing fence, and they _____ it up the bank into the outer side of the pen.
prowled
sloped
boosted
Clean and fluffy-white, they scattered up the _____, nibbling the grass, and the pasture looked like a snowball bush in bloom.
manger
slope
stern
He didn't mean to _____, but when he saw the tabby barn-cat hurrying past with a mouse, he knew she was taking it to her new kittens.
inquire
idle
boost
When Almanzo came back to the sheepfold, six fleeces were waiting, and Father spoke to her _____.